Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday staked N8.05 billion on 1.63 billion shares traded in 6,783 deals.
This was against the 601.18 million shares worth N4.17 billion exchanged in 5,724 deals on Thursday.
The Financial Service Sector remained the toast of investors with the Diamond Bank emerging the most traded equity with 831.78 million shares valued N3.68 billion achieved in 69 deals.
It was followed by Standard Alliance having sold 339.003 million shares worth N169.50 million traded in eight deals, while FCMB traded 77.56 million shares valued N271.59 million in 323 deals.
Access Bank accounted for 53.67 million shares worth N349.46 million transacted in 243 deals, while UBA exchanged 44.86 million shares valued N215.29 million in 355 deals.
Also, the All-Share Index rose by 409.86 points or 1.19 per cent to close higher at 34,930 against 34,520.14 posted on Thursday due to price gains recorded by some blue chip equities.
In the same vein, the market capitalisation which opened at N11.762 trillion appreciated by N140 billion or 1.19 per cent to close at N11.902 trillion.
Seplat led the gainers’ table increasing by N18.50 to close at N388.50 per share.
Nigerian Breweries trailed with a gain of N7.78 to close at N163.76, while Guinness increased by N6.54 to close at N140 per share.
Mobil chalked up N3.87 to close at N158 and Betaglass improved by N2.42 to close at N26.11 per share.
Conversely, Nestle topped the losers’ chart, dropping by N5.95 to close at N1044.05 per share.
Total came second with a loss of N2 to close at N180, while Presco dropped N1.80 to close at N26.70 per share.
Unilever lost N1.28 to close at N41.72 and International Breweries dipped 93k to close at N19.65 per share.
